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Bush Asks $46B More for Wars

Request brings the total to $196.4 billion this year

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 22, 2007 4:07 PM CDT

(Newser) – Citing the need to "provide our troops with the support they need to get the job done," President Bush asked Congress today for $46 billion more to fund wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the AP reports. Not so fast, said congressional Democrats, who... Read full story »

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Bush Asks $46B More for Wars

Request brings the total to $196.4 billion this year

Afghanistan • Bush administration • Harry Reid • Iraq war • George W. Bush

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